NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The number of people filing for their first week of unemployment benefits rose to the worst reading since July, the government said Thursday, in another sign of a weakness in the jobs market.

The Labor Department said 382,000 people filed first-time jobless claims in the week ended Sept. 8. That was sharply higher than the forecast of 369,000 people seeking help from economists surveyed by Briefing.com, as well as the previous week's reading of 367,000.

It was the greatest number of people losing their jobs since 388,000 filed for help in the week ending July 14. About 3.3 million received their second week or more of unemployment benefits during the week, although that ticked down by 49,000 in the most recent reading.

FL, NC, GA, PR had a Decrease of over 1,000...so it certainly didn’t hurt Florida or Puerto Rico. And to make Bloomberg’s claim even more ridiculous, it states that Puerto Rico’s DECREASE was BECAUSE of office closures due to Isaac. They had less claims, because the office wasn’t open all week!

The states with the largest Increase: Storm ravaged PA and NV.

They really are just making stuff up now.

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posted on 09/13/2012 6:18:19 AM PDT
by lacrew
(Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)

By every objective measure this administration has been a disaster and no amount of spin nor the best efforts of the media can change that fact. I think since Obama is always comparing “Bush’s” recession to the great depression then we should measure unemployment the exact same way they did then. It wouldn’t be 8.1 percent. I truly think that they are trying to fudge the number down to 7.9 before the election so they can say the stimulus worked.

I disagree - In fact as of today, I believe it is almost certain that Obama will be reelected - probably by a significant margin.

Regardless of political leanings, most Americans are non political they aren’t policy wonks who pore over blogs of either the right or left. They catch snatches of information from the media and they vote how they are led to vote. They are being led to vote for the obviously inferior candidate.

I wish I was wrong but expect to have this narcissistic man-child in your face for another four years. This time around he will have no limiting factor on his power. He knows he can bypass Congress and the Constitution and the academics and media will praise not condemn the crime.

You’re right, the swing voters don’t vote on policy. They don’t understand policy. In the last 30 years, the most charismatic candidate has won every single time. Mondale, Dukakis, Gore and Kerry did not win the charm contest, but Clinton and Obama did. If Romney continues to come across as a stiff and a reserved, emotionless automaton, he’ll lose.

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posted on 09/13/2012 7:21:50 AM PDT
by JediJones
(KARL ROVE: "And remember, this year, no one is seriously talking about ending abortion.")

Americans are not as stupid as they are made out to be far too many times on this site.

As much as it may seem astute or cute to see them as a bunch of welfare-loving drones that just want more of the same is to treat them no differently than the Democrats do.

Well, I dont. As we have seen in other elections where the “consensus” was that the left-wing Democrats were going to win because they “have all the cards”, that thinking is nothing more than badly-formed defeatism born of a annoying conservative trait of assuming because everyone isn’t shaking their fists 24/7, that they must love how things are.

It is what happened in Mass, Wisconsin, and in 2010. Too many people so sure of defeat just because it has to be, when the facts proved otherwise.

Well, Americans are stupid. They elected Carter, Clinton & Obama. Someone once said, “Never underestimate the stupidity of the American people.” Just look at all the idiots in CA & other states voting for more freebies as if it will never end. End game American w/i the next 5 yrs. period.

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posted on 09/13/2012 11:20:10 AM PDT
by KhanKrum
(That's pretty bold talk for a one eyed fat man. Fill your hand you son of a b...h!)

Unfortunately if things were decided by objective measure the clown would never have entered the race to begin with. Even eight years prior to 2008 he would have had zero chance and would have known so.

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